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No. massi.

Application filed August 13, 1996.

T o all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Ransom E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane, State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Match-Boxes; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make` and use the same.

This invention has relation to match-delivering match boxes andadvertising machines; and it has for its object the provision of acontrivance of the kind mentioned, that shall be entirely etlicient inboth matters which it is designed to accomplish or effect, and be soeconomical in manufacture and so well suited to its purposeas to be ofgeneral want.

The nature of the invention has been so far disclosed in the foregoingstatement as to enable me to proceed at once with a detailed disclosureof the same in connection with the annexed drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, pointing out the impi'ovement with distinctness andparticularity in the subjoined claim.

0f the said drawings t-li`igure 1 is a front elevation of the match box.Fig. Q is a transverse sectional view of the device. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. l is a horizontal section on theline el-/l of Fig. 2.

Similar figures of references designate similar parts or features of theinvention, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 1() designates the match box with inclined sides 11forming a hopper, and a sliding false bottom 12, in which there is aslot 13 formed through it, into which a single match from the match boxmay drop or be fed; and a real bottom 1Q having a slot 21.

14, let are rollers placed in the bottom of the box in spacedrelationship to each other and parallel with the matches to facilitatethe feeding of a single match into the slot 13, as will be done bymoving the bottom 12 back and forth, which latter function may beaccomplished by the depression of the lever 15 having a press-button 16on its outer end and arms 17 extending down from its shaft 18 andentering a recess 19 in the upper face of the bottom 12. lt will beunder- Speci'lcation of Letters Patent.

Fateliied Feb. l5, 1909.

Serial No. 380,342.

stood, of course, that the lever 15 and arms 17 are rigidly secured tothe shaft 18. A spring 20 is coiled about the shaft 18 and operates witha tendency to move the slidinO bottom back after it has been movedforward by the depression of the lever 15 and the action of the arms 1T.

W hen the sliding bottom is moved forward far enough for the slot 13 toregister with the slot 21 in the permanent or real bottom 19. f thematch-chamber or box 10, the match in said slot 13 will drop through theslot 21 and roll down the incline 22 on the receptacle Q3, whence it maybe taken and used; and the spring 9.0, acting on the rod 18, aroundwhich it is coiled, will, through the intervention of the arms 17, movethe slidable bottom 12 back to normal position to receive another matchin the slot 13 for the next operation.

Above the match box 10 is a rotary shaft 2li, suitably supported, towhich is attached four advertising wings 25, extending from their edgesout radially, and so that when the lever 15 is depressed by placing afinger on the button 16, one of the said wings 25 will be brought upinto vertical position before the operator, by the action of the ends oftwo arms 26 connected with the shaft 18 acting on the backs of the saidwings 25 to move them in the direction indicated by the arrows. Apendent spring 27, provided with a recess 28, will receive into it theedge of the wing 25 next to be displayed and stop it in horizontalposition, so that each displayed wine' will be stopped and held invertical position.

lt will be noted that the device can be made of sheet metal and wood atlittle cost, and that it will operate with certainty to deliver a matchand display an advertising wing 25 at each depression of the lever 15.it is also to be noted that changes may be made in the construction andarrangement of parts and features, within the scope of mechanicalingenuity, without departing from the general nature and spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed as the invention, is

ln a match box, the combination with a housing having a slotted bottom,of a slotted false bottom sliding upon said housing bottom, a hopperabove said sliding bottom, two parallel rollers within said hopper andabove said sliding bottom, a spring held rock shaft, an operating leverextending successively engaged by said Wings, al1 arrom said shaft, anarm extending from said ranged as set forth. v 10 shaft and engagingsaid sliding bottom; a ln testimony whereof, I aiX Iny signareceptaclebelow said slotted bottom, a roture, in presence of two witnesses.

tary shaft above said hopper, Wings secured RANSOM E. JOHNSON. to saidrotary shaft, an upwardly extending Witnesses arm projected from saidrock shaft and el- C. M. DURLAND,

gaging said Wings, and a pendent spring LULU JOHNSON.

